Moving towards a more sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle is something that's important to me, as I know it is for a lot of people. One way I've been trying to achieve this goal is by cutting way ...

Plastic wrap is now made primarily of LDPE (low-density ... Wash beeswax wraps in cold water to use over and over again.

Starch-based biodegradable plastics may cause organ damage and metabolic issues, raising concerns about their safety despite ...

The flow wrap packaging market growth is driven by surge in demand for convenience packaging in food, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods, along with the rise of e-commerce and advancements in ...

A team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London has developed a method that turns lobster shells into biodegradable "plastic." Operating under the name The Shellworks ...

A team of students from Purdue University earned $20,000 for creating SoyShield — an alternative to plastic wrap designed to be used in laboratories to seal chemical containers.

Baleage preserves the quality of winter fodder on the farm, but calls to improve farm plastic recycling rates or solve the problem of silage wrap waste altogether are growing louder.

They're often marketed as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional plastic bags. But a new study might make you rethink reaching for those biodegradable bags. Experts from ...

Landfill-biodegradable cling wrap can be recycled or disposed of in the general rubbish bin. • Easily reseals to glass and ceramic only. • No melting of cling wrap when reheating a high fat food. • ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The engineered bacterial system described in the study may help in the ...

The "coral defenders" are made of plastic called PHA. Similar to a potato starch, it naturally breaks down when exposed, ...